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The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You'll Ever Need | 
 enlarge | Author: Daniel H. Pink
Creator: Rob Ten Pas
Publisher: Riverhead Trade
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  30 reviews
Sales Rank: 305
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.1 x 0.5
ISBN: 1594482918
Dewey Decimal Number: 650.14
EAN: 9781594482915
ASIN: 1594482918
Publication Date: April 1, 2008
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There's never been a career guide like The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You'll Ever Need. Told in manga-the Japanese comic book format that's an international sensation--it's the fully illustrated story of a young Everyman just out of college who lands his first job. Johnny Bunko is new to the Boggs Corp., and he stumbles through his early months as a working stiff until a crisis prompts him to rethink his approach. Step by step he builds a career, illustrating as he does the six core lessons of finding, keeping, and flourishing in satisfying work. A groundbreaking guide to surviving and flourishing in any career, The Adventures of Johnny Bunko is smart, engaging and insightful, and offers practical advice for anyone looking for a life of rewarding work.
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 A New Way to Think About Careers May 15, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This graphic novel is a great source of information on how the job market is using their employees, and how to think in a different way to achieve career success. I think the most important part of the piece describes how there really isn't a set pathway to success, and listening to the advice of people who think there is a set path is one way to hit a glass ceiling during a career.
The graphic novel is very post-modern, and it pokes fun at everything from previous self help books to NBC's 'Heroes.' It was a fast read because of the Manga format, and it hits you with information in an informative and entertaining way. I would recommend this book for college students and people who are stuck in a rut at their job looking for a way out.
The one thing this book does not do (which is also found on its own web site) is specifically state ways in which to achieve career success and fulfillment. If you are a person that needs specific instructions on how to do anything, do not purchase this book; borrow it from someone else. It does, however, present an overview of working within your talents, networking with others to balance your weaknesses, and other useful business practices some people have difficult times doing. Time management is touched upon, as well as handling bosses and other peers who are too overbearing.
Daniel Pink has created a new way to view success books. I highly recommend this one - it balances out the other 'Type A' materials available.
 Dan Pink did not Bunko this project! May 13, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
What a treasure! Johnny Bunko is a book that I will recommend, along with A Whole New Mind, to anyone I know. Dan Pink has a knack for putting his visionary ideas in to words that everyone knows and expressing his ideas in a way that everyone can understand. He goes one step further and tells you how you can implement positive change. The impressive artwork and fun story in Johnny Bunko make it an experience more than a book.
Whether you want to learn, grow, or just have fun; Dan's books are easy to pick up, hard to put down, and exactly what everyone should have the opportunity hear.
Awesome Book May 12, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The Manga treatment of such a critical subject only serves to enhance the clarity and impact of the message.
Great advise in a quick fun read! May 12, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I loved this book! I was so impressed with the content and layout that I purchased several more as gifts for recent grads. The information to be learned reads very naturally in the manga form (especially for high school and college grads who may need a guide for their jobs but don't want a long drawn out tome that reads like homework.
 Is making a choice of a career intelligently really as important as I think it is? May 6, 2008
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Although presenting this book in the style of cartoons and comics popular with many of the generation about to make this enormous, monumental life decision is a clever marketing move, I don't think the book has enough substance (usable, valuable information on how to make this crucial decision) to make it "The Last Career Guide You'll Ever Need".
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